COMPASS/ESL ® Sample Test Questions— A Guide for Students and Parents Writing Skills
COMPASS/ESL ® Sample Test Questions— A Guide for Students and Parents Writing Skills
Academic writing is complex in that it involves more than grammar. It involves familiarity with the writing conventions of university culture and disciplinary subcultures in which the second/foreign language learner participates (Schneider & Fujishima, 1995). Ballard and Clanchy (1984) found that while a student is inducted into a particular discipline through lectures, discussions, and laboratory work, it is through the written assignments that success is most commonly judged. Although foreign